FOTING 1/2HP Submersible Water Pump with Stainless Steel Base - Removes Water to 0.04" Depth, 2450GPH Portable Sump Pump for Puddles, Pools, Boats, Gardens & Ponds - 10Ft Cord Included

Works for my needsThe construction in the front of my house is stupid. There’s a wall and a small drain hole, but the drain hole is too high so every time it rains it floods. So I bought this pump in order to alleviate that.It works well, even on small amounts of water and I’ve had no issues with it. Very satisfied.

We get flooded occasionally and after hurricane Milton the basement area flooded a lot, the water continued to seep up into the area for 2+ weeks. My existing pumps (1/4 ,1/3, and 1/2 hp ) were not getting the water out quickly or low enough. All the local stores were sold out of pumps so I decided to get an additional pump from Amazon. The Foting 2450 1/2 hp. was about 1/2 the price of most sump pumps and came the next day with Amazon Prime. I was surprised that it came with 3 adapters for garden hose and 1-1/2 hose. Bonus!, It's not mentioned in the add but it comes with a flapper style check valve that goes inside of the adapters. It pumps like mad through a garden hose so I don't know what's up with the bad review about it not pumping (probably had the check valve installed backwards). I also purchased the Superior Pump 99621 1-1/2 inch Lay-Flat Discharge Hose Kit through Amazon and coupled it to the pump. Now it really flows through that larger hose. Another bonus feature I noticed is that this pump primes itself by releasing some water at the midsection of the pump when it first starts. This is a big time saver compared to a normal sump pump in very shallow water. The claim about it pumping water down to .04 of an inch is true and you'll find your self struggling to lift the pump off the floor when it's on because the suction is strong. The pump is not automatic and it would be impossible to find an automatic that pumps water down so low. What I did on this flood is use WIFI switches to power the pumps and monitored the water level with a WYZE pan cam V3 camera from Amazon. So I used my phone to monitor the flood level with the camera app and used Alexa to turn on/off the pumps. Eventually I figured out the water level rise rate as well as the pump out rate. With this information I programed the WIFI switches when to come on and off. This made life so much easier for the 2 weeks+ of being flooded. I like this pump so much I purchased a second one!

Like? Powerful and quiet.Don’t like? Need a fair head off water to start pumping. Warnings that it could burn out if run dry.

SEEMS TO BE OK , WE WILL SEE HOW LONG IT LASTS

I have a 5,000-square-foot flat roof with drainage above the low points. I have purchased multiple water pumps and this one is the only one that works. It primes with a little bit of water depth and really does a great job pumping water off the roof. Now I am going to buy three more for all four corners of the building. I wish I didn't waste my money on all the other water pumps.

Maybe OK for pools, but the description on-line is deceptive. I ordered this because my basement floods during melt-off and heavy rain, usually about 1/2 " over a large area. Product says this will take water levels down to 0.04" and is ideal for puddles, so just what I needed. But only until you read the fine print in the operator's manual do you learn that you should start with 5 1/2 " of water and is not recommended to remove shallow water as the pump will over-heat and fail. Their description misleads one to believe it works in puddles, but you will burn the motor up if you try it. I am returning it without trying it.

Bought it to get some of the water out of my pool worked amazing. Had to Get a muddy hole cleared o it worked for that too highly recommend.

Great item!!!~~~Great price!!!~~~